Donnersbergkreis
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district of Donnersbergkreis
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District seat	Kirchheimbolanden
Area	645. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany. Kirchheimbolanden, the capital of Donnersbergkreis, is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western Germany. 46 km²
Population	78,740 (2001)
Pop. density	122 /km²
Licence plate code	KIB
Web page	http://www.donnersberg.de

The Donnersbergkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel. Bad Kreuznach is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Alzey-Worms (ˈaltsaɪˈvɔʁms is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Bad Dürkheim is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kaiserslautern is a district ( Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kusel is a district ( Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

History

The district was created in 1969 by merging the districts Kirchheimbolanden and Rockenhausen. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Geography

The district is located around the highest mountain of the Palatinate, the Donnersberg with 687 m above sea level.

Coat of arms

Both of the districts merged into the Donnersbergkreis had a wheel in their coat of arms, which are now also shown in the coat of arms of the new district. In the left is the red wheel of Lords of Bolanden, taken from the Kirchheim coat of arms. The blue wheel in the right is the wheel of the Lords of Falkenstein, taken from the Rockenhausen coat of arms. The green are in bottom with the peak symbolizes the Donnersberg, the highest elevation in the district, and the sun the importance of the sunny plains for viticulture. Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice

Towns and municipalities

Verbandsgemeinden
1. A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland (federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate Alsenz-Obermoschel Alsenz1 Finkenbach-Gersweiler Gaugrehweiler Kalkofen Mannweiler-Cölln Münsterappel Niederhausen an der Appel Niedermoschel Oberhausen an der Appel Obermoschel2 Oberndorf Schiersfeld Sitters Unkenbach Waldgrehweiler Winterborn 2. Alsenz-Obermoschel is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality" in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Alsenz is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Finkenbach-Gersweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gaugrehweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kalkofen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mannweiler-Cölln is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Münsterappel is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Niederhausen an der Appel is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Niedermoschel is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Oberhausen an der Appel is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Obermoschel is a town in the district Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Oberndorf is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Schiersfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Sitters is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Unkenbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Waldgrehweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Winterborn is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Eisenberg Eisenberg1, 2 Kerzenheim Ramsen 3. Eisenberg is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality" in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Eisenberg is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kerzenheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ramsen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Göllheim Albisheim Biedesheim Bubenheim Dreisen Einselthum Göllheim1 Immesheim Lautersheim Ottersheim Rüssingen Standenbühl Weitersweiler Zellertal	4. Göllheim is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality" in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Albisheim (Pfrimm is a muncipality in the rhineland-palatinate Donnersbergkreis. Biedesheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Bubenheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Dreisen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Einselthum is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Göllheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Immesheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Lautersheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ottersheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Rüssingen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Standenbühl is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Weitersweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Zellertal is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kirchheimbolanden Bennhausen Bischheim Bolanden Dannenfels Gauersheim Ilbesheim Jakobsweiler Kirchheimbolanden1, 2 Kriegsfeld Marnheim Mörsfeld Morschheim Oberwiesen Orbis Rittersheim Stetten 5. Kirchheimbolanden is an administrative unit ( Verbandsgemeinde) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Bennhausen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Bischheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Bolanden is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Dannenfels is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gauersheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ilbesheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Jakobsweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Kirchheimbolanden, the capital of Donnersbergkreis, is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western Germany. Kriegsfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Marnheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mörsfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Morschheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Oberwiesen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Orbis is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Rittersheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Stetten is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History The first documented record of Stetten occurred in 835. Rockenhausen Bayerfeld-Steckweiler Bisterschied Dielkirchen Dörrmoschel Gehrweiler Gerbach Gundersweiler Imsweiler Katzenbach Ransweiler Rathskirchen Reichsthal Rockenhausen1, 2 Ruppertsecken Sankt Alban Schönborn Seelen Stahlberg Teschenmoschel Würzweiler	6. Rockenhausen is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality" in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Bayerfeld-Steckweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Bisterschied is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Dielkirchen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Dörrmoschel is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gehrweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gerbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gundersweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Imsweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Katzenbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ransweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Rathskirchen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Reichsthal is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Rockenhausen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ruppertsecken is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Sankt Alban is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Schönborn is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Seelen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Stahlberg is also a town in Legacy of Kain Stahlberg is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate Teschenmoschel is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Würzweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Winnweiler Börrstadt Breunigweiler Falkenstein Gonbach Höringen Imsbach Lohnsfeld Münchweiler an der Alsenz Schweisweiler Sippersfeld Steinbach am Donnersberg Wartenberg-Rohrbach Winnweiler1
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

External links

• Official website (German)
• Touristic website (German)

Winnweiler is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality" in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Börrstadt is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Breunigweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Falkenstein is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gonbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Höringen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Imsbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Lohnsfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Münchweiler an der Alsenz is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Schweisweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Sippersfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Steinbach am Donnersberg is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Wartenberg-Rohrbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Winnweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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